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The Cooler Master Silent Pro 600W PSU arrives in a retina shrinking gold and black box which certainly will catch the eye in a store.
Inside, the Supply is protected by foam and is shipped inside a protective bag to stop any damage to the surface under rough shipping conditions. On top is a user manual with specifications and to the right is a box containing the accessories and cabling.
The system cabling is impressive with the ability to support both SLI and Crossfire systems with 8 pin power connectors x2 and 6 pin power connectors x 2. There is also a storage pouch supplied, always a good thing to have when you aren't using all of the cables.
There is also a CPU4/4 pin connector and 4 molex with 9 sata connectors to cover hard drives and fan demands.
The finish is beautiful – it is a Matt paintjob which does not attract finger prints or general markings. The fan, while black has a gold surround and on the sides the stickers all match the purist gold and black scheme. It is one of the most attactive power supplies we have seen at KitGuru and will look fantastic in a well built system with a side window mod.
The rear of the PSU is fully honeycomb vented to ensure maximum air flow and cooling proficency. The front supports the modular cables detailed earlier, and they are all clearly labelled and sized to ensure no one will get confused. The ports all match the muted gold colour scheme, a nice touch.
This is a single 12v rail capable of delivering 48A. The 1200W model can handle up to 98A which is a staggering output capability.
That looks stunning, love the gold. its not like the enermax colour which was blinding,. its more a bronze/gold. duller. tech results are great too.
I think this one looks even nicer than the corsair AX products. same kind of font usage as was pointed out.
92% at mid way load is a fantastic result. shame it gets louder over 80% load, but its to be expected really. I think this would make for a marvellous high end media center PSU. inaudible. but I wonder if the 750W corsair would be just as good as the fan wont spin at all under normal circumstances.
Cable management looks great. internal L shaped heatsink design is an interesting concept and seems to make sense as it would direct the heat outwards.
Good review, thanks for the testing. never found a good review of this one.
Very nice hardware indeed. I think its a little overpriced though.
Its not overpriced at all. you need to look past the wattage rating to the 80 plus gold certification. Thats what costs them, to get the output to these standards. 99 quid isnt half bad.
Brought one of these along with a GTX 460, I’ve had nothing but problems with it unfortunately, the pc constantly locks up with it and isn’t that quiet even running simple 2d. I’d have thought the rated 48A rail would be more than enough to run a single GTX 460 .
Why are you certain it is the PSU ? have you tested the same system with another supply?
Its pretty obvious this psu was the problem in my case when an alternative 600w psu was tested and the system became stable and quiet .
It runs ok with the 8500GT but the GTX 460 gave it major problems